Change-web-roll mechanism.



H. A. W. WOOD. CHANGE WEBB ROLL MBGHANLSM. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. Z2, 1906. EENEWED JUNE 11, 1914. 1 1 22,834.

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CHANGE WEBB ROLL MECHANISM. ABPLIGATIO N FILED SEPT. 22, 1906. RBNEWED JUNE ll, 1914. 1.122,834.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914..

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H. A. W. WOOD. CHANGE WEBB ROLL MECHANISM. ATIoN FILED SEPT. 2z, 190s. RBNBWBD JUNE 11. 1914,

Patented Dec. 29,1914

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CHANGE WEBB ROLL MEGHANISM.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 22, 190e. RENBWED JUNE 11, 1914.

1,122,834. Patented 1160.29, 1914.

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H. A. W. WOQD. v CHANGE WEBB ROLL MBGHANISM. APPLICATION FILED SE l 1 22,834.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

PT. 22, 1906. BENBWED JUNE 11| 1914.

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HENRY A. WISE WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., SSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, `'.LO

WOOD NEWSPAPER MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF VIRGINIA.

CHANGE-WEB-ROLL MECHANISM.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. 29, 1914i.

Application filed September 22, 1906, Serial No. 335,788. Renewed June 11, 1914. Serial No. 844,584.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY A. WISE loon, a citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing at New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Change-Web-Roll Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

`My invention relates to mechanism for changing the web rolls for rotary and other printing presses, the principal objects thereof being to provide means for accomplishing the change of the rolls at full speed so that it will not be necessary to slow up the lnachine in order to perform this operation, and to providemeans for accomplishing this .result in a simple and edective manner.

Further objects and vadvantages of the invention willappear below.

Reference-is to be had to the accompanying drawings .in which,

.Figure l is a side elevation of a lchange web roll deviceeinbodying the principles of my invention'jand showing a practical way of applying them. Fig. 9 is a plan of the same. F ig. 3 is a plan of the lower portion of the same,parts above being removed. Fig. 4f is a plan showing a web roll'in initial position with tapes around it. Fig. 5 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of a portion of the device. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a cam shaftA for operating several parts, the cams appearing in elevation. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of another portion of the deviceshowing the tape operating .mechanismf Fig/8 is a plan of parts shown inl-Figi@ veilig@ is a1 rear elevation .of a portion of the' carriage and clutch device. l Fig. 10 fa plan ofthe same partly broken away,anol. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a web roll showing one way of securing the forward end. Fig. 12 is an end elevation of the same showing how the end ofltheweb is'folded over and secured to the ro l. f.

to bring the Ifoiwvardv end of the web of a new roll'a of paper into contact with the eX- .piring- .end o'f vsecond roll of paper in important objects lbe accomplished are shall properly register with the leading end of the web of roll a, whereby the outgoing end of the paper of roll a will have secured to it the forward end of the paper of the roll a, and the web during the change from one to the other roll, will pass forward in an uninterrupted manner without the ne- .cessity for slowing-down the speed of the press.

Rolls of paper as a, ordinarily supplied, are of somewhat varying diameters. Consequently, when they are .placed in the Inachine at the position a on a pair of propelling drums 10, although the speed of the drums may be known, the position of any given point upon the surface of the roll, as for` instance the forward end of its web is entirely indefinite. Consequently, the propolling drums themselves cannot be emploved to operate the change mechanism in such a manner as to present the leading end of the roll a in register with the expiring end of the roll a. 0n account of this difliculty l( have provided means whereby some or all of fthe various mechanisms for controlling the several necessary operations are sults are accomplished by mechanism which Y will now be described.

rlhe propelling drums 10 are rotated in unison. in the same direction by any desired means as for example, through gearing 11 and a belt 12, deriving power from any suitable source, preferably some point on the press. The drums arestarted. and stopped by means of a belt-shifter 13 operated by a handle l-l in an obvious manner. The drums also propel a. series of tapes 101 which as will be described below guide the web of paper toward the press after it is unwound from the roll.v Y

Wlhen a fresh web roll is to be put into place, it V,is run-upon Van incline 15 until it rests upon the drums 10. It is surrounded in its rotation by tapes 16 running over pulle Ys 17 to hold the web in position. Shafts to swing the arms for these pulleys are carried in arms 18 which are angularly adjustable to allow variations in the diameter of the roll. They are driven by a sprocket 19 on one of the propelling drums which communicates motion by means of a chain through a sprocket `19, short shaft 191,' gears 192 intermediate gears 193, to gears 20 on the pulley shaft, or a motion of rotation can be communicated to the various tapeshafts in any desired manner.

The arms 18 are lifted by gear segments 21 or the like, which are shown as-ixed to shafts on which the gears 193 loosely turn, up out of the way and permit the web roll to be moved into and out of its initial position. When the arms are swung up, one of them engages a movable excessive speed.`

hook 22 and this holds-both sets in elevated position until released. The lower part of the right hand arm 18b is pivoted, and moves down a guide 18a in arm 18c to clear the roll in' position a as it swings down. The means which I have illustrated for operating, the gear segments will be described below. l

to which it is attached in the usual or any desired manner. Fastened to this spindle is a gear 24 which meshes with a gear 25 fastened to`a friction drum 26 for preventing This drum runs loosely on a stud 27 mounted on a carriage28 for supporting these parts. drum 26 are friction members 29 held by The web roll a is carried on a spindle 234 In contact with the' a friction band 30, a screw 3.1.and hand-nut 32, or in any other manner.

Each spindle is supported by two carriages 28 carrying half-nuts 33 engaging with longitudinal screws 34 which constitute rotary roll `moving means and are rotated in unison by any desired means, as for example, bevel gears 35 and belt 36,receivin0' power from any convenient source.

hand-wheel 34a may be used for adjusting them.

It is to be noted that the carriageY 28 is provided with an elongated curved bearing 370 for the spindle 23 to permit the same t0 descend in the bearing and to enable it to receive the spindle when the roll is put in place on the carriage. At this yposition of the roll, it being understood that the screws 34l are at this time stationary, the gear 25 meshes with a gear 340 of the same size as the gear 24, fastened `on a, shaft -350 as shown in Fig. 9.

Clutch mechanism is provided for connecting the shaft 350 with other mechanisms to start them into operation when the end of the. paper on the spindle 23 reaches the proper point.

. Loosely sleeve 36 which is U point with an eccentric socket 37 into which provided at a certainA a pin 38 is adapted to enter. This pin is mounted on a knob 39 which is slidably nounted'on the shaft 350 and is caused to turn therewith by a pin 40 moving in a slot -i in the knob. A spring detent 40El having dethe sleeve 36 until the shaft 350 and also thel leading end of the web upon the web roll a reaches a certain definite position; then power will be transmitted through gears 41 to a shaft 42 which operates a cam shaft 43 that controls various operating devices that have to do with the functions of changing the roll.

With this preliminary description of such operating parts, the remainder of the device can be described in connection with a description of its operation.

Assuming that-the webiroll is in position alon one carriage, having been brought into that position in amanner that will be described below, -it is to be understood that it delivers the web around a roll 44 to the press, Fig. 1 showing indotted lines the way in which the operation starts from a full roll and is completed when the roll is nearly exhausted when it becomes necessary to separate the paper from the spindle 23 to which it is fastened, first having pasted it and connected its end tothe forward end of the next roll. For this purpose a new roll is passed up the incline 15 into the bearings 37 of another carriage, the taped guards being held upby the'hook 22, as When the roll is placed in these bearings, it rests on. the propelling drums, 10V-l0 by has been described.

which it is driven. After it reaches its position the taped guards are restored to the working position shown in Fig. 1 and the roll may be substantially surrounded by them. The handle 14 being manipulated, the roll is then rotated at the full speed of the press. When the roll is placed in position, 'its forward end is folded square and drawn under in a plait, substantially as shown in Fig. 12,l and if desired, the endvof the web may'be'pasted in spots to the roll itself or secured thereto-by pasted strips Z) o f weak paper. At the lower right-hand part of the roll is an ordinary web press switch 45 pivoted in the arm 18", which can be thrown against the roll so as to e'nter between the forward edge of the paper and the roll' itself. thus separating the forward edge and guiding it down through a taped path-way to the roller 44 where 1t comes in contact with the 'pasted end of the expiring web from the roll in position a. The roll in position a may be run for as many idle revolutions as may be necessary and the switch 45 being drawn back there will be nothing to force the end of the paper away from the roll, nor anything to operate the other devices. I prefer sometimes to use a guard 46 to prevent the leading end of the web from getting crumpled or bent back. This may be used if desired to the exclusion of the pasting of the end of the paper to the roll. Now, when it becomes necessary to change the roll, the button 39a is pushed in so as to force the pin 38 into the socket 37 -in the end of the sleeve 36, entering the socket the first time it comes around to lock the end of the sleeve 36 to the shaft when the shaft reaches the properA angular position. When this occurs, the detent holds the knob in position and the shaft 42 commences to turn and with it the shaft 43. It is to be understood from what has previously been said, that the rotation of these shafts com mences when the end of the paper on the roll a is in a delinite position with relation to the mechanism driven by them. The rotation of the shaft 43 has a definite relation to that of the spindle 23, being positively driven therefrom and in the present case it makes one complete rotation to a rotation of said spindle.

In order to have the end of paper of roll a so positioned as to be in proper relation with the camshaft 43, a blade 47 is fixed across -T said roll, and an indicator point 47a is fixed in such position on the gear 340 that when it is brought in line with a mark or pointer on the side frame of the machine, by turning the roll a by hand, the roll will be in the right angular position so that the end of paper may be folded square, over the blade 47 and attached to the body of the roll a in .-the rightplace as before described. When the shaft 43 starts to revolve, it firstv operlates a link 48 by means of a cam 49, the link being connected by bell-crank 50 with a cam 51 mounted upon it. This cam operatesvan arm 53 andthus'v forces the switch into position to disengages the edge of the paper from the roll and guide it beneath the switch down between tapes which direct it to the roller 44. At the `same time the cam 54 on the shaft 43 operates a roller 55 which swings a paste roll'56 from contact with a fountain roll 57 Vfrom'which it receives paste,

55 downwardly into contact with the rollin the position a as is indicated by dotted lines in yFig. l. The paste roll. remains in contact with the web roll long enough to apply paste over a large part of the surface thereof.

This operation is timed so that the pasted end will reach the roll 44 at about the same time that the forward end of the sheet from the new roll reaches the same position. Whenthis has taken place, a cam 58 on the shaft 43 operates a forked connection 59 which turns a serrated blade 60 into position to -sever the paper of the outgoing roll from `guards in a manner which previously has been described, and bring one of the arms carrying them into engagement with the hook 22. This moves the taped guards, and the switch 45 out of the way so as to permit the roll a to move into the dotted position a. In the present instance, this is accomplished in the following manner:.A side cam 65 on the shaft 43operates a roll 66 which throws a lever 67 and moves a belt-shifter 68 to change` the vbelt 36 from the loose to the tight pulley. This starts the screws 34 which are driven in the manner previously described. The result of this is to move all the carriages 28, which arev in contact with the screws` until the new roll reaches the position of the old roll and the old roll moves out of gear with the screws 34 so that the nuts are disengaged from the screws and the carriages carrying the old roll or emptied spindle come to rest. The carriages carrying the new roll are stopped in the desired position by means of a roll 70 thereon coming into contact with a cam 7l on a lever 72. his lever is connected with the belt-shifter 68 and as the belt 36 is now swung out of operative position, it forces the belt-shifter back ready to be operated upon by the cam when it returns to operative position. This, of course, stops the rotation of the screws and leaves the carriages carryinv the new roll in stationary position, a. tWhen the roll from the position a goes forward tothe position a', the time of travel isl such that l the gear 25 rolls out of mesh with the gear 340 when the latter has made one complete revolution, thus leaving the cam shaft mechanism in position to repeat its operation.

It will be seen from the description above given that the employment of this principle, whether in the form illustrated or otherwise within .the scope of my invention as eX- pressed in` tlre claims, provides for changing the web `Ifoll of a printing press or other machine automatically and for performing all necessary operations upon both the old and the new web without altering the speed of the-machine in any 'way, and that these objects are accomplished in a most simple and efficient manner.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment in which I at present prefer to carry out my invention, I am aware that many changes' may be made therein by any person skilled in the art and that thev same can be used on other than printing machines without departing from iso the scope of. the invention as expressed in theA claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patentl is 1. A change web roll device for rotary printing presses, having means controlled by the spindle of a fresh roll for automatically substituting a fresh roll for` an expiring one while the press is running at its full printing speed. r

2. Ina change web roll device for rotary printing presses the combination of means for pasting an outgoing web, means for feeding the end of a new web into contact with the pasted portion of the outgoing web at full printing speed of the press, and means controlled by a fresh web roll spindle for starting them into operation.

3. In a change web roll device for rotary printing presses, the combination of means for pasting an outgoing web, means for feeding the end of a new web into contact with the pasted portion of the outgoing web at full printing speed of the press, and means controlled by the new web roll for severing the outgoing web from the spindle thereof.

' 4. In a change web roll device for rotary printing presses, the combination of means for pasting an outgoing web, means for feeding the end of a web on a new roll into contact with the pasted portion of the outgoing web at full printing speed of the press,

and screw shafts and co-acting devicesfor moving the new roll longitudinally 0f said shafts into the position formerly occupied by the old roll. y Y f 5. A change web roll device for printing 40 presses, having means for bringing a fresh roll up to the speed of the press, means for attaching its forward end to the web of an expiring web roll while both are running at the same speed, and means directly controlled bythe rotation of the 'web roll spindle forsevering the expiring web from its core While the press is running at full speed.

6. A change web roll device for printing presses, having means for. bringing afresh web roll up to the speed of the press, endless bands feeding and attaching its forward end to the web of an expiring web roll while both-are running at the same speed, means for severing the expiring web from its core,

and screw shafts `for moving the new roll into the position occupied by the expiring one while the press is running at full speed.

7 In a change web roll device, the combmation of means for rotating anew web i roll, means for moving the new roll into the place of an old roll, and means for starting the last named moving means into operation at a definite point in the rotation of the new web roll.

8. In a change web roll device, the compaste to a web.

bination of means for rotating a new web roll, means for moving the new web roll into the place of an old roll, means for starting the moving means into operation when the new web roll reaches a certain point img@ its revolution, and means for automatically stopping the roll moving means.

9. In a change web roll device, the combination of means for rotating a web roll, a

`switch for separating the forward end of the web of the roll from the roll, and means for automatically setting the switch into operation when the roll reaches a certain point in its revolution. y

l0. In a change web roll device, the com- 30 bination of means for rotating a web roll on a spindle, a switch for separating the end of the web from the roll, and means for operating the switch from the spindle of the roll.

11. In a change web roll device, the combination of means for rotating a web roll on a spindle, a switch for separating the end of the web from the roll, means for operating the switch from the spindle'of the roll,4 and a clutch for connecting the switch with the spindle, at a definite point in a revolution of the'roll.

12. In a change web roll device the combination of a web roll spindle and means Acontrolled by said spindle, for separating 9.5 the end of the web from the roll.

13. In a change web roll device the coinbination of aweb roll spindle and means controlled by said'- spindle, for applying paste to a web. on another spindle, means con- 1c@ trolled by the first spindle for severing the pasted web from its spindle, and meanscontrolled by the first spindle for applying the end of the web on the first spindle to the pasted web.

14. In a change web roll device the combination of a web roll spindle and means controlled by said spindle for bodily movin the roll and spindle.

15. A change web roll device having means governed by a fresh web, roll for bodily moving the roll. l

16. A change web roll device having means governed by a fresh web roll for applying 17. A change web roll device having means governed by a fresh web roll for separating the end of the web from vtheroll.

18. A change web roll device having means for governing roll changing mechanism by the fresh web roll.

19.' The combination with change web roll mechanism of means for driving said mechanism from the fresh web roll.

20. A change web roll device having tapes andmeans governed bv a fresh web roll for moving the tapes from the fresh web roll.

21. In a change web roll device, the combination of a web roll spindle, tapes adapted to engage the roll thereon, and means con-- the roll.

rotating position, tapes carried by said arms and bearing on the roll, and means operatively connected with said spindle for moving said arms out of' engagement with the roll.

24. In a change web roll device, the combination of a web roll spindle, means for supportingand rotating the web roll, arms mounted adjacent to the. web roll while 1n rotating position, tapes carried by said arms and luearing on the roll, means operatively connected with said spindle for moving said arms out of engagement with the roll, and means 4for engaging one of said arms and holding all of said arms out of contact with 25. In a change web roll device, the 'combination of a frame, an inclined plane adjacent tothe frame, a pair of propelling drums mounted adjacent to the upper edge of said inclined plane for supporting a web roll, anda guard located-between the drums to prevent the leading end of the rollgfrom being bent back.

26. In a change web roll device, the'c'ombination of a pair of drums for supporting a web roll, and a guard located between the drums to prevent the leading end of the roll from being bent back.

27. In a change web roll device, the com- I bination of a pair of drums for support- -ing the web roll, a pulley, connections between the'pulley and said drums for rotatj ing both of said drums inthe same direction, a .handle for shifting the belt on said .pulley to control the rotation of the drums, and means for connecting together the end `of a web supported Vby said drumsand another web.

28. In a change web roll device, the com-A bination of a pair of drums for rotating a roll, manually operated means for controlling the rotationo'f sai-d drums, and-means for connecting together two webs while one 'of them is supported upon the drums.

29. In a change web roll device, the combination of a pair of drums for supporting the web roll, a pulley, connections between lthe pulley and said drums for rotatingjvboth -offsaid drums in the same'direction, a liandle forshifting they belt 'on lsaid pulley to -control "the vrotation fof-fthe drums, "and` means for connecting together the end of a web supported by said drums and another web while the drums are rotating at full speed.

30. In a change web roll device, the combination of a pairvof drums for rotating a roll, manually operated means for controlling the rotation of said drums, and means for connecting together two webs while one of them is supported upon the drums, and While the drums are rotating at full speed.

31. In a change web roll device, the combination of a pair of drums for supporting a web roll, manually controlled means for controlling the rotation of said drums.l and means for automatically connecting together a-web supported by said drums and another web mounted in the device independently of the rotation of said drums.

32. In a change web roll device, the combination of a pair of drums for rotating a web roll with means for connecting two v`webs together while said rotating drums are l the rotation of the spindleof the web roll for controlling the operation of said connecting means.

34. In a change web roll device, the combination of a rotatable web roll spindle, and means controlled by said spindle tor connecting the web mounted thereon with lanother web while the parts arerunning at the full speed of the press. v

35. In a change web roll device-,the combination of a web 'roll spindle. a shaft, means connected with said spindle for rotating said shaft. means for connecting the web on the spindle with another web, and

'a clutch for connecting said shaft with said last named means.

36. In a change web roll device, the combination of l a 'web roll spindle, a shaft,

4means connected with said spindle for rotating said shaft. means for connecting the Vweb on the spindle with another web, and a clutch for connecting said shaft with said llast'named means, said clutch having means for preventing connection of the shaft with said means except when thespindle is in a certain `definite position.

37. In af change web'roll device. the combination of a rotatable web roll spindle, means operated from said spindle for con- -necting the web mounted thereon with another web. and a clutch vfor connecting said spindle with said means, said clutch having means for preventing 'connection between 4saidfpart's vexcept when thespvlndle 1s..1n a pertain vdefi-nite angular position.

as. 'in a Change Webau-device, the @ombination of a carriage having bearings for receiving a web roll spindle, a gear adapted to be connected with the web roll spindle, means for connecting two webs together, and means operated b,y said gearfor controlling the operation of said means.

39. A web roll device, comprising a -carriage having bearings for receiving a web roll spindle, a gear adapted to be mounted on the web roll spindle, a second gear meshing with said gear and rotatably mounted in bearings fixed on said carriage, and a friction device between the carriage and the second gear.

40. A change web roll device comprising a carriage having bearings for receiving a web roll spindle, a gear adapted tobe mounted on the web roll spindle, a second gear meshing with said gear and rotatably mounted on said carriage, and a friction device between the carriage and the second gear, in combination with a third gear adapted to -mesh with the second gear and means operated from said third gear.

41. In a change web roll device, the combination of a webroll spindle, a gear thereon, a second gear meshing with said gear, a third gear of the same size as the first gear adapted to mesh therewith and means operated from said third gear for connecting two webs together.

42. In a change web roll device, the combination of a carriage, a web roll spindle adapted to be supported thereby, a shaft, means connected with the shaft for moving the carriage, and means for rotating the shaft from said spindle at the same 'rate as the spindle rotates.

43. In a change web roll device, the combination of a carriage for supporting a web roll, with means controlled A.by the web g es ' roll for moving the carriage.

44. In a change web roll device, the combination of a pa1r of rotatable screws, carriages havmg partlal nuts mounted on said fscrews, said' carriages having bearings for a web roll spindle, a gear supported by a carriage for rotating said screws and means adapted to be connected with the web roll spindle for controlling said gear.

45. .The 'combination of 'a pair of rotatable screws, carriages having partial nuts mounted on said screws and having bearings, a web roll spindle adapted to be mounted in said bearings, a gear rotatably mounted on a carriage for controlling the operation of said screws, and means for transmitting motion from the spindle to the gear.

46. The combination of a pair of rotatable screws, a carriage having partial nuts in said bearings, a gear rotatably mounted for connecting two webs togetherr ing partial nuts resting on the screws and adapted to support a web roll, a belt-shifter for operating said belt, and means operable from a web roll spindle Amounted on the carriage for operating said belt-shifter.

48. In a change web roll device, the combination of a feed screw, means for rotating the screw, a belt for driving said rotating means, a carriage having means for engaging the screws and adapted to support a web roll, a belt-shifter for operating saidy belt, means operable from a web roll spindle mounted on the carriage for operating said belt-shifter to rotate said screws, and means on the carriage for automatically moving the shifter to stop the rotation thereof when the carriage reaches a certain point. 49. In a change web roll device, the com bination of a movable carriage for supporting a web roll, means for moving said carriage, a belt for operating said' means, a belt-'shifter for said belt, means operable by'a web roll spindle on the carriage for shifting' the belt to operate the moving means, a cam roll on the carriage, a lever having an arm with which said cam roll engages to shift the lever, and means connected with the lever for returning the beltshifter to inoperative position. y

50. In a change'web roll device, the combination of a pair of sets of carriages each adapted to support a web roll spindle, means for moving said-carriages along in the device, means controlled by the web roll spindle on the rear carriages for starting the moving means into operation, means controlled by said spindle for applying paste a belt for y to the web on the forward carriages, andl means on each set of carriages for stopping the carriage moving means at a certain point.

51. In a change web roll device, the combination of ,a carriage for a web roll, a belt for driving -said carriage, a belt-shifter, and means controlled by the web roll for operating said belt-shifter to start the carriage.

52. In a change web roll device, the combination ofa carriage for a web roll, a belt for driving said carriage, a belt-shifter, means connected with the carriage for automatically moving the shfter'to stop the carriage, when vthe latter reaches a predetermined point. j

53. In a change web roll device, the combination of a pair of sets of carriages each adapted to support a web roll spindle'`means for moving said carriages along in the device, and means controlled by the-Web roll spindle on the rear carriages for starting the moving means into operation.

54. In a change web roll device, the combination of a carriage, means for moving the carriage, a web roll spindle adapted to be supported by the carriage, a shaft, means connected with said spindle for turning the shaft, means operable by said shaft for starting into motion the carriage moving means, means controlled by the rotation of said shaft for applying paste to a roll, means controlled by said shaft for severing the web from the roll after the paste is applied thereto, and means controlled by the shaft for directing the forward end of the web on said spindle into contact with the pasted portion of the web of said other roll.

55. In a change web roll device, the combination of a carriage, means for moving the carriage, a web roll spindle adapted to be supported by the carriage, a shaft, Ineans connected with said spindle for turning the shaft, means operable by said shaft for starting into motion the carriage moving means, means controlled by the rotation of said shaft for applying paste to a roll, means controlled by said shaft for severing the web from the roll after the paste is applied thereto, means controlled by the shaft for directing the forward end of the web on said spindle into contact withthe pasted portion of another web, and a clutch between said spindle and shaft for operatively connecting them together at a certain definite point during the revolution of the spindle.

56. In a change web roll device, the combination of a pair of sets of carriages adapted to support web rolls, means for moving said carriages, a shaft controlled by the rotation of the web of the rear carriages, a paste fountain, a paste roller, 'and means operable by said shaft for moving the paste roller from the fountain to the roll on the forward carriages.

57. In a change web roll device, the comi bination of means for rotating a web roll, a pair of shafts adjacent to the Web roll, two sets of arms each controlled by one of said shafts, spindles on saidl arms, tapes on said spindles for engaging the web roll, means for turning said arms to and from the web roll, an arm connected with said turning means, a shaft operatively connected with the web roll spindle, and means on said shaft for operating said arm to separate the tapesand remove them from the web roll.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

H. A. WISE WOOD. Witnesses: ANNIE B. WALTERS, MARY E. MCCADDER. 

